Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On this day in history death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.  

1632  On this day in history death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

1641  On this day in history death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)  

1652  On this day in history death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.  

1765  On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.  

1793  On April - 15 death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on April - 15.  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on April - 15.  

1888  On this day in history matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.  

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  On April - 15 birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)